Caution: Witch In Progress by Lynne North

Author:Lynne North [North, Lynne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Ghostly Publishing
Published: 2013-03-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Gertie’s next day was free to do some reading ready for Friday’s class, which was about Levitation. The pupils had been told this class would be in preparation for their lessons in Broomstick Riding, which all sounded very exciting, but a little alarming too. Gertie had ridden on a broomstick many times of course, but never alone, and certainly never in charge.

Bertha was lying down in her room under the pretence of trying to levitate. Gertie didn’t think she fooled anyone. Especially since Bertha’s snores were soon echoing down the corridors. It didn’t seem to worry Bertha that she wasn’t good at anything yet. Her idea seemed to be, well, if you can’t do it, why bother?

Gertie couldn’t be like that. Sometimes she wished she could. She checked her window before setting off for the library. Yes, here came Owl again. Gertie had never known him to be so happy before. He was like a playful baby owl. Owl seemed to be testing his newly acquired skill by flying off, then heading back to zoom in on Gertie. Each time he took a little longer, as if he was going further away on each test. He soared easily through the open window again. Right window, right witch. If owls could smile, Owl had a permanent silly grin on his face today. Maybe Gertie just felt he was smiling. She knew he was though. She could certainly feel their bond stronger than ever since yesterday’s class. Gertie longed to tell Ma and Gran. Nearly weekend now anyway, and her Birthday!

Gertie did her best to tell Owl she wouldn’t be in her room for a while, and then headed for the library. A few pupils were already there, but certainly not many. Gertie wondered if most of them were as eager to learn as Bertha was. Not at all, in other words. Some just seemed to muddle by without trying. Still, Gertie didn’t care whether the others wanted to work on not. She wanted to do well, and was willing to try very hard. Ma and Gran were paying for her to be able to have this opportunity, and she wasn’t going to let them down. They were not exactly a rich family. Gran sold quite a few of the shawls she knitted, and Ma kept the best herb and weed garden in the village. She was well able to sell or barter her herbs and plants to other less green fingered witches in Vile Vale, and in other places. Gran had even been known to tell fortunes to normal people when the mood took her. She always said the same kind of thing about ‘Tall, dark, handsome strangers’ and the like, but no one complained. Gertie wasn’t sure if that was because they feared the Evil Eye, or just because it was what they wanted to hear. Normal folk could be very strange. Whatever the reason, Gran made some money out of it. So, Gertie didn’t come from a poor family, but they didn’t have money to waste either.

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